Generative Design Methods and the Exploration of Worlds of Formal Possibility. (September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Steadman, Philip
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 84:Number 5(2014:Sep./Oct.)
• Page Start: 24
• Page End: 31
• Publication Date: 2014-09
• Subjects: 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.1804
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Five decades after Ivan Sutherland first launched 'SketchPad', computer‐aided design has entered the engineering mainstream. That strand in architectural computing which pursues the potential of generative design systems has, however, followed an entirely different course. Here <bold>Philip Steadman</bold>, Emeritus Professor of Urban and Built Form Studies at the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London (UCL), criticises such approaches, and instead argues for a 'design science' that lays out worlds of possible plans and forms from which designers can choose.</p> </abstract>